July 2026

The Person You Chose and Never Checked On

You spent real time choosing the trust.  You funded it carefully.  You named someone you trusted to run it, and then you did something many people do without noticing. You treated that person as permanent. Ideally, the policy inside the trust gets reviewed.  The trust language gets reviewed.  The one thing that rarely gets a […]
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July 2026

The Person You Chose and Never Checked On

You spent real time choosing the trust.  You funded it carefully.  You named someone you trusted to run it, and...
June 2026

The Review Nobody Makes You Do

Many life insurance reviews begin with a problem. A death in the family.  A tax question.  A notice from the...
May 2026

When the Plan Outlives the Person It Was Built For

In 2025, the MIT AgeLab and Manulife John Hancock did something no one had done before. They measured how prepared...
April 2026

All Love Is Not Equal…But Your Plan Can Be

The will said to divide everything equally.  Three children.  Three equal shares. It had always seemed like the clearest expression...
March 2026

Leaving the Country Doesn’t Mean Leaving the Plan Behind

The call came from an advisor we’d worked with for years. His client, a business owner in his late fifties,...
February 2026

When “We’ll Just Pay for It” Isn’t Actually a Plan

The estate planning meeting had gone well. Trusts structured.  Gifting strategy mapped.  Business continuity documented.  Tax liability addressed.  Everything...

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